THE 6 ARTICLES OF #FAITH OR THE PILLARS OF EEMAN

The 6 Articles of Faith are called Arkan E Eeman/Imaan or the 6 pillars of Eeman. It comes in a famous hadith called as The Hadith of Jibreel or Hadees E Jibreel. In the hadith of the Gabriel (Gibreel), related by ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab (R) the basic Principal of the Islam are laid out.

Umar ibn al-Khattab (R) said that we were sitting by the Prophet ﷺ and the man came to us……. And asked the Prophet ﷺ “Tell me about belief (iman).”The Prophet ﷺ replied, “It is to believe in Allah; His Angels; His Books; His Messengers; the Last Day; and in destiny—its good and bad.”…….and the Prophet ﷺ told me do you know this man and I replied Allah and his Messenger know the best and he ﷺ replied indeed he is Jibreel he came to teach you your religion. [1]

As we know from this hadith that the belief has six Pillars and are described as under: